Tracy Independent Study Charter: No single number tells this school's story. Here's the honest picture.
Tracy Independent Study Charter posts 25% meeting the standard and 10.6% exceeding it, against 39% and 16.8% statewide. The gaps and the bright spots below are the real read.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 37 | 11% | 25% | +2.8 | 23.7% | 0.5% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Tracy Independent Study Charter scores 37 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 42nd percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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🌱 Building Momentum — This label means the data doesn't clearly sort the school one way or the other — ask what the school is proud of, and what it's working on.
Most rating sites would stop at “25% proficient” and call it done. Tracy Independent Study Charter deserves a closer read. The school sits in Tracy, where three in four students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
As a charter, Tracy Independent Study Charter enrolls by application rather than address. That changes how you get in, but it doesn't change the score.
The seven-year arc
Slipped from the 80th to the 42nd percentile since 2022.
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47% | 64% | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 47% | 38% | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 31% | 38% | 21% | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 38% | 20% | 45% | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 62% | 27% | 14% | 36% |
| Grade 11 | 45% | 29% | 24% | 31% |
| Grade | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 47% | 36% | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 18% | 23% | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 21% | 15% | 11% | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 14% | 10% | 17% | 20% |
| Grade 8 | 35% | 19% | 0% | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 19% | 8% | 2% | 7% |
The story this school is actually telling
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding rises 5.4pp across grades; the floor rises 3.0pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. Kids here gain ground the longer they stay — the pattern you want to see. A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
The 5 things our score weighs
Ask what the school is working on next. Strong numbers tell you where a school is, not where it's going.
- Ask how the school follows up when a student starts missing days — chronic absence often starts outside the classroom, not inside it.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
- Ask what a typical day looks like for a new student in the first few weeks.
How every group of students does here
At Tracy Independent Study Charter in Tracy, 27.9% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 33.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Tracy Independent Study Charter trails its district average for low-income students by 5.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (11.3% Math proficient); Hispanic students (30.3% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 8.7 percentage points for asian students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 140 students tested.
8 of 16 student groups here are too small to report — a privacy protection, not a gap.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 4.9pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +5.5pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
Tracy Independent Study Charter serves grades K-12 — students can complete their entire K-12 education here, with no school-to-school transitions.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
$99 per student arrives as federal Title funding — a measure of concentrated need, not school quality.
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
At 359 students, this school is much smaller than the typical California middle school (≈860).
On the state's science test (CAST), 16% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
Frequently asked questions
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Your other options
Nearby Middle Schools
3 within ~3 mi · avg 36
Private alternatives nearby
Private schools within ~10 miles. These schools do not participate in state testing and cannot be scored or ranked.
A low score doesn't tell the whole story. Read: Your School Scored Low — Here's What That Actually Means
Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 15 | 7% | 27% | 27% | 40% | 33% | −13 |
| Grade 7 | 34 | 9% | 24% | 38% | 29% | 32% | −15 |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 12% | 24% | 21% | 42% | 36% | −10 |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 9% | 22% | 30% | 39% | 31% | −16 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 5 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 13% | 0% | 6% | 81% | 13% | −23 |
| Grade 7 | 35 | 17% | 3% | 17% | 63% | 20% | −14 |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 6% | 9% | 30% | 55% | 15% | −17 |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 2% | 5% | 16% | 77% | 7% | −16 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 143 | 6% | 10% | 72% | 12% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 140 | 27.9% | −6 | −10 |
| Hispanic/Latino | 76 | 30.3% | −2 | −9 |
| White | 22 | 50.0% | −0 | −12 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tracy Independent Study Charter ← | — | 37 | 10.6% | 24.9% | +2.8 | 0.5% |
| Discovery Charter | 1.5 mi | 39 | 14.0% | 37.9% | −10.5 | 2.4% |
| Earle E. Williams Middle | 1.3 mi | 37 | 11.2% | 32.3% | −5.9 | 10.4% |
| Monte Vista Middle | 0.8 mi | 32 | 13.8% | 33.5% | −11.1 | 14.6% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 52 | 80 | #440 | 10.4% | 33.3% | 41.4% | 0.1% | +22.2pp |
| 2023 | 31 | 23 | #1691 | 7.3% | 21.6% | 48.2% | 0.7% | -3.9pp |
| 2024 | 19 | 9 | #2024 | 6.3% | 17.8% | 31.7% | 0.6% | -8.9pp |
| 2025 | 37 | 42 | #1304 | 10.6% | 24.9% | 23.7% | 0.5% | +2.8pp |
- — Scored here as a middle school — other grade spans appear in the data appendix.
- — Low-income students here trail the state average for their group by 10 points in ELA — worth asking how the school is closing that gap.
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | — | 21.2% | — |
| Male | — | 28.6% | — |
| Asian | — | 9.1% | — |
| Black/African American | — | 29.2% | — |
| White | — | 35.7% | — |
| Hispanic/Latino | — | 28.7% | — |
| Pacific Islander | — | 28.6% | — |
| Two or More Races | — | 20.7% | — |
| Students with Disabilities | — | 34.6% | — |
| English Learners | — | 34.1% | — |
| Homeless | — | 30.4% | — |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | — | 26.8% | — |
| All Students | — | 24.6% | — |
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